"It's like this, Jiu Si, the new dynasty has just been established, the treasury is empty, and there isn't enough grain. Both Zhao Pusheng and I are competing for this grain, yet the allocation of this grain is under the control of that Emperor Xu."
"I, Brother, have a quick temper and don't get along with that Xu, which leads to him allocating very little grain to Brother. I lost my temper and argued with him, unexpectedly, that Xu would report me."
"He went to Old Peng to report me for insubordination and disrespect towards him as the Emperor. He claims he can't continue ruling and wants to abdicate to me."
"Of course, Old Peng refused to comply, and after some appeasement, he came up with an idea: they won't distribute the grain this time, we need to recruit soldiers and expand the army, so we'll have to figure out ways to gather grain ourselves, and ultimately how many soldiers we can recruit, all depends on us."
